He's one!

It's been a while since we updated, and we're well and truly sorry. Here's a picture we took just last night. Hank's thinking of joining a boy band. He turned one year old on Wednesday, but we're waiting for some friends to get back in town to have a little party, cake pictures forthcoming.

Hank isn't walking yet, still cruisin'. But he does hang on to my pants leg thinking about letting go. Asa got him to stand on his own the other day with the help of one of the neighborhood toughs, but he didn't take any steps. He has a handful and a half of words he uses in context: Mama, Dada, Yeah, Pretty, Tree, Kitty and now See. We think he may have started calling Asa by his first name when he's really excited. I don't know that we want to encourage this. We're trying to teach him some signs for more and all done to help with feeding time here at the zoo. Hank can feed himself with a spoon, though he has more success with yogurt than with peas. We're going to his 1 year doctors appointment in the morning and we'll find out if he is heavy enough to turn around in the car seat. Crossing our fingers!